Epoxy & Urethane Stripping for High-Bond Industrial Coatings
Two-part epoxy primers and aliphatic urethane topcoats are some of the toughest coatings to remove. They cure to a dense, chemically cross-linked film specifically engineered to resist solvents, UV, and mechanical abrasion. That's what makes them great service coatings — and what makes stripping them the hardest part of a rework job. Strip Tech Solutions is a Kentucky-based stripping specialist that handles these systems as production work.
The methylene chloride gap
For decades, industrial shops relied on methylene chloride (dichloromethane / DCM) to cut through epoxy and urethane stacks. Nothing worked faster. With the EPA commercial use ban now in effect, methylene chloride is no longer a legal process chemistry — and most water-based alternatives simply don't penetrate a fully cured two-part epoxy film.
That's the gap our ST-50 formula was built to close. It's a methylene chloride-free solvent blend formulated to match DCM strip rates on cured epoxy primers, two-part urethanes, and the mixed stacks you find in field-repainted equipment.
Coatings we strip
- Two-part epoxy primers (amine-cured and polyamide-cured)
- Aliphatic and aromatic urethane topcoats
- Epoxy/urethane stackups on heavy equipment, structural steel, and production tooling
- E-coat combined with subsequent topcoats
- Coal tar epoxies and high-build marine coatings
Substrate integrity is the whole point
The reason you're stripping instead of scrapping is that the substrate has value — the casting, the weldment, the precision-machined surface. Our bath chemistry is pH-controlled specifically to cut the coating without attacking steel, aluminum, or magnesium alloys.
Parts come back ready to recoat. No pitting, no etching, no dimensional changes. Every job goes through a final QC inspection before it leaves our dock.
Who this serves
We regularly handle epoxy and urethane stripping for OEM rework lines, heavy equipment refurbishment shops, and contract finishers supporting the aerospace and defense supply chain. If your current process is idled because your DCM tank came offline, we can typically take first batches within the week.
Standard turnaround is 24–48 hours, with dedicated capacity for recurring volume accounts.
Need to validate ST-50 on your coating stack?
We'll run a free compatibility review on a sample part before any production commitment.
Request a Compatibility Review